Christine Lafuente’s work draws on the effect of atmosphere on color, as it pertains to visibility and invisibility. Shadows, dust, moisture, and extreme sunlight provide an aesthetic phenomenon that both creates and destroys form. Lafuente is drawn to subjects that are visually mysterious. Through her use of oil and watercolor painting, she is delighted when she can take in a visual experience and allow the painting process to teach her what she is seeing.
A native of Poughkeepsie NY, Lafuente received a B.A. in English from Bryn Mawr College and a Certificate in Painting and Printmaking from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. While Artist-in-Residence at the Fleisher Art Memorial from 1997 to 2002, she began teaching. In 2003 she moved to Brooklyn NY, where she earned a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts at Brooklyn College. Lafuente lives and works in Brooklyn throughout the year and spends summers painting in Maine.
